"The man on the clock, Leskov." Brief narrative content

He wrote the story "Man on the clock" Leskov. The brief content will acquaint the reader with this work in just a couple of minutes, the original would have to read much longer.

There is a story in 1839, on Epiphany days. The hero of the work is a soldier of carpenters. He guarded the palace of Tsar Nicholas, standing on the post.

"The Man on the Clock", Leskov

The summary can be started by describing a tragic event that ended well with the result. Postnikov stood at his post in his booth. Suddenly he heard someone asking for help. It is important to mention that the weather was warm in those days of January, so the Neva River was not all frozen, and polynyas were visible on it. It was in such an ice hole that the man who called for help failed. So begins Leskov's book "The Man on the Clock." The soldier struggled for a long time with himself. He was a kind person. On the one hand, there was a sense of duty in him that prevented him from leaving his post. On the other hand, the soldier was tormented by compassion for a man who could drown at any time. In the end, he decided and ran to help. The soldier handed the gun to the drowning butt and pulled it out. Then Postnikov brought him to the shore and gave it to the officer who was passing by.

He decided to use this case in his own interests, took the sink to the police department and said that it was he, the disabled officer, who saved the man. That's what invented an interesting content Leskov. The man on watch at this time reported the incident to his immediate boss, Miller.

The boss decides what to do

The officer ordered to send the soldier who had left the post to the punishment cell while he contacted his commander, battalion commander Svinin, to ask what to do in this case. He arrived at the guardhouse of the Winter Palace and personally interrogated Postnikov. After that, he decided to go to his boss. That's how he depicts the careless bureaucratic people in his story "The Man on the Clock" Leskov. The summary will tell about the further peripeteia of the characters in modern language. After all, in the nineteenth century they spoke a little differently, that's why it is sometimes difficult to read the full text of the story, it will take more time.

Unjust award and punishment

Piggyin went to General Kokoshkin - his boss. He listened to the report and ordered the bailiff of the Admiralty section to bring him to the sinking and invalid officer who had brought him there. He ordered him to bring him and the one who was drowning. The whole trio did not arrive soon, since then there were no more telephones, and the messenger delivered orders. During this time the general had a nap. It can be seen that with the help of many episodes in a negative light, the bureaucracy depicts Leskov in his work "The Man on the Clock". The summary goes to the final part.

The arrivals said that it was the officer who showed miracles of nobility and saved the man. The rescued himself did not remember exactly who helped him and confirmed that it must have been an officer.

As a result, the pseudo-rescuer was awarded the medal "For the salvation of the perished." The authorities decided to punish the true hero with two hundred blows of the rod. But Plotnikov was glad that he was not brought to trial by a military tribunal.